God I havn't posted for soo long, but here's a long chapter to make up for that. ALERT another ritual in this chapter, and another metal head gets a name, wheeeee for tha naming of tha metal heads! Sorry, enjoy!
Chapter 5
The Siege
"The great Metal Kor has found a way into the city, he wants you and your…" the scout looked around and saw all the dead bodies. "…well what's left of your platoon to follow me to the secret entrance"
"and why couldn't we get into this 'secret entrance' before?" I asked irritated.
The scout took a step back knowing very well that if he irritated me enough I could and would mutilate and devour him.
"uh, before we didn't have a deal with somebody inside the city who has mar's ruby key"
I thought about this for a minute, if this guy has mar's ruby key he can't be stupid, but could there really be an elf willing to sell out the entire city? I suppose it was possible but elves are generally compassionate weaklings. After thinking for a second I decided that it didn't matter.
"Ok, lead the way."
The scout began to fly toward the 'secret entrance'. I motioned to the three hora-quan left under my command to follow me as I followed the scout. I saw a rifle wielder that seemed in better condition than the others despite the scars he had from the battle. I could tell that he was a survivor, like me. As we followed the scout I motioned for him to run closer to me. He leaped high into the air and landed next to me. He had jumped way higher than any hora-quan, save for me, that I had seen. I spoke to him in our tongue.
"You're a contender aren't you? I can tell, what's your name?" I asked him.
"My name is Grux sir"
"Grux huh? I like you, I'm putting you in second command of this platoon" I carved a marking into the upper right side of his chest plate with one of my claws. "this is a symbol of your authority."
"Thank you sir you won't be sorry"
"I know I won't kid."
We were all silent the rest of the way to the entrance. We arrived at an amazing temple that had deteriorating statues of the eternal enemy of all the hora-quan, Mar, outside of it. In front of the temple was an army of clamoring hora-quan, blocked from the entrance by Metal Kor. The scout that was leading us continued flying over the army and stopped in font of Kor. I assumed the scout told him of my arrival because he called for me to come to him with my platoon. I motioned for my subordinates to follow me as the army of hora-quan parted to allow us to pass. I felt the eyes of every hora-quan watching me so I had to put on my best "I don't hate the supreme leader" act. We reached the front to see Metal Kor, he addressed me in our own tongue.
"Ah, you seem to have changed since you last stood before me. Where are the rest of your soldiers, how many did you absorb!"
"Sir I absorbed 4 of my men, the rest short of these three were killed in a battle, the underground I believe."
"I see," he spotted the mark on Grux's chestplate, "So this is your second in command, what is your name?"
Grux jumped and responded right away, "Grux sir, my name is Grux."
"Calm down, we are not yet in the battle."
In my head I cursed Kor for talking to my subordinate like that. After that he began to address the army with a much larger and louder voice.
"HORA-QUAN! THIS IS A GREAT DAY FOR US, BUT UNFORTUNATELY I WON'T BE ABLE TO LEAD YOU INTO BATTLE!"
At that the entire army screeched a horrible noise of discontent, I myself was extremely confused.
"I HAVE OTHER MATTERS TO ATTEND TO THAT ARE VITAL TO OUR SUCCESS, SO THE NEW TEMPORARY LEADERS ARE THESE TWO FINE HORA-QUAN , ZHAG AND HIS SECOND IN COMMAND GRUX!"
As he said this I was quite taken aback by this announcement, all the hora-quan where now looking at Grux and I.
"I'm counting on you two to lead the siege here, I must go now"
He flew off in one direction, toward a normal city entrance I think, he was keeping something from us, but I couldn't follow him because I had an army to lead. I looked to Grux and then to the army.
"MY FELLOW HORA-QUAN! BE SURE TO MAKE THIS THE FINAL SEIGE!"
The army erupted in screeches of primal pleasure. I began to motion for a few giant crawlers to begin entering the temple, I told Grux to jump onto the back of one and lead the rest. I then brought in the cloakers and the squids, following where the many apes and stingers. I moved to the front of the army and lead them through the temple until we came to a giant door.
Grux and I pushed the door as hard as we could but it wouldn't budge.
"Kor lied to us" I said to Grux.
I began to think of a way to try and open the door but I couldn't think of anything, when Grux spoke.
"Sir, that ritual you did to absorb those others, do you think, maybe I could do it too?"
"Hmm, well if we had enough dark eco I suppose it's possible, wait where there any eco sacs outside? You there!" I yelled at a nearby ape, "Go and check for any eco sacs outside!"
He snorted and nodded, and then he went outside and returned with an eco sac over each shoulder.
"Good!" I then began to order around different hora-quan to make the correct preparations for the ritual. The rock slabs had been selected along with the eco sacs and everything else, the only thing left to do was to select the hora-quan to be absorbed.
"So Grux, what do you want to absorb?"
"Hmm.." he said as he looked around at the army, "How about some stingers and scouts, I've always wondered what it's like to fly"
"You two and you four!" I yelled at two scouts and four stingers, they looked stronger than most of the other ones of their type.
At my orders they scurried over to Grux and I. I began to carve their types onto the slabs and the same with Grux's slab. They all moved into position.
A/N I kno you guys don't wanna read this preparation and ritual shit but it needs to be here because I said so
Muse: You fuckin' asswipe!
Me: where tha fuck did you come from!
Muse: I'm ya muse biotch! A scrubby little dark maker frog HAHAHA!
"Now say the incantation just as I told you!" I ordered Grux
"Yes sir!...Grushag chemehg, guhsok, yeshmig, Gashahg!"
An almost identical scene as when I performed the ritual on my self began to take place, the eco from the middle sac pulled the surrounding hora-quan into the eco sacs below them and then where pulled to the center sac. The sac began pouring bolts of eco into Grux's skull gem and he began to change before my eyes. His armor configuration began to change, his face elongated slightly and his neck begun to grow. A set of magnificent wings erupted from his back, a powerful yet lean looking tail grew from the base of his spine, which began to surface from under his skin as armor. At the end of his tail grew a large blade that seemed to be dripping dark eco. Last but not least his rifle began to be absorbed into his hands, but instead of becoming the forearm mounted blasters that I had, it seemed that he grew gauntlets that where more on his palms and had a spot at his wrists that seemed to be dark eco 'generators' of some sort. When the loose dark eco subsided I could sense that he was unbeleivably stronger than before, not quite as strong as I was of course but still pretty damn powerful.
He still had the marking on his breastplate that I had carved there earlier. "So Grux, do you think we can open this door now?"
"Oh I'm sure we can work something out" he said as he began to rise into the air and form dark eco balls in the palms of his hands.
"Well let's get to it then shall we?" I said as I began to charge up both of my blasters.
"I thought you'd never ask," he said as we both began to aim at the precursor door.
Before we had a chance to fire, the door began to just open by itself. Grux and I looked at each other confused. When we returned our attention to the door it was open and there was one dark skinned muscular looking elf wearing armor that was forged of hora-quan skulls and holding a large gun with another hora-quan skull at the end.
As he saw us his eyes widened, "Ooohh fuck" he said as he began to run away. Grux and I followed him closely and as we followed him he went through a narrower hallway, on one side of the main hall he had already cleared there was a big pool that seemed to lead into the city.
"ALL SQUIDS! INTO THIS POOL NOW!" I noticed another much larger passageway, "ALL GIANT CRAWLERS! THROUGH HERE!" and then as Grux and I continued to follow the elf I yelled at the apes and cloakers to follow me and I ordered the stingers to try to burrow into the city.
The hall that Grux and I followed the elf through began to grow more narrow, soon I couldn't fit, "Grux!" he turned back to look at me as the apes and cloakers continued to run after him. "I can't go any further, I won't fit, I'll go back and go the same way as the crawlers! You have to lead the rest up to the city, I'll meet up with you later!"
"Yes sir!" he then turned back to follow the elf. I began to run back to the original opening to follow the crawlers."
Yeah I could write more but I'm tired, hey be happy I posted! Srry review please!